BACKED INTO a comer in the East Room
of the White House, President Andrew
Jackson accepts congratulations from an unruly
mob of well-wishers at the reception
following his inauguration. The crowd was
diverted by free tubs of punch. "Old Hickory"
managed to escape and spent the night
at a nearby hotel. Other similar snafus have
enlivened many inaugural balls, galas, and
parties in the Nation's Capital.
19th Century Inaugural
Left The Capital Reeling
The nation's capital i:
bracing itself for the bilges
inaugural bash since Andrev
Jackson's time.
A spokesman for President
elect Jimmy Carter ha;
announced that at least 300,00(
to 400,000 party loyalists wil
receive invitations for th<
event and that Everyone in the
country will be welcome.
No matter how many show
up, it will be hard to match the
madcap shenanigans surrund
ing Jackson's inaugural in 1829.
The enthusiastic followers of
the veteran Indian fighter and
hero of the Battle of New
Orleans poured into Washington
from near and far to see the
"People's President" installed
in the highest office of the land,
the National Geographic Society
says.
Slept In Streets
Frontiersmen, clerks, and
bankers, some with wives and
children, jammed the boarding
houses and hotels, slept in the
streets, and whooped it up in
the? bars. ."It was like the
iniindatTon of the northern
barbarians into Rome " said
one eyewitness.
After applauding Jackson's
Inaugural Address at the
Capitol, some of the crowd
surged into a reception at the
White House to the sound of
crashing china and glassware.
Many stood on satin upholster
McKissick Will
Direct Cancer
Drive Locally
This April, the American
Cancer Society's educational
and fund raising Crusade in
Warren County will be held
under the chairmanship of
Floyd McKissick, president of
the Soul City Company.
McKissick is a volunteer
I committed to making the ACS
goal. "We Want To Wipe Out
Cancer in Your Lifetime" a
reality.
Syndicated news columnist
Ann Landers is the 1977
National Crusade Chairman.
The crusade, which will involve
2,300,000 volunteers nationwide.
is under the honorary
chairmanship of actor John
Wayne, who scored a personal
triumph over lung cancer.
"Famous names are important
in drawing national
attention to the crusade,
McKissick said, "but the cancer
doesn't discriminate, it strikes
the famous and the unknown,
rich, poor, black or white.
Thanks to the public's continuing
and generous support of the
Cancer Crusade, enormous
progress has been made. There
are 1,500,000 American men,
women and children alive today
who are cured of cancer."
"We could be saving more
lives from cancer with what we
know today if everyone
understood the importance of
early diagnosis and prompt
treatment of cancer. While
there are many more things
that can be done for the
advanced cancer patient today,
treatment is most successful*
when applied to an early case,"
he said.
"Our volunteers will be
contacting as many people in
Warren County as possible for
support, and to give out
pamphlets containing the best
ACS advice on safeguard!
against cancer." The pamphlets
are free.
i ed chairs to catch a glimpse of
their hero. One spectator called
the scene "a regular Sat unalia."
The throne backed .Jackson
against a wall in the East
Room. Alarmed attendants
finally lured well-wishers outside
with tubs of punch placed
on the lawn.
Jackson's reception wasn't
the first or last inaugural event
to be marked bv an unruly
crowd. President James Madison's
1809 inaugural ball—the
first held in the nation's
capital—set a precedent in
glitter and confusion. People
jammed into a Capitol Hill hotel
in such numbers that windows
were knocked out for fresh air.
The two dances that
climaxed James K. Polk's rainy
inaugural day in 1845 were
designed to assure model
decorum. One was priced at
$10-a-ticket for high society,
the other at $5 for the rank and
file.
Mixed With Masses
Through an oversight, the
,->■diplomatic corps -was not
invited to the more expensive
ball so it went en masse to the
other. The result, according to
a contemporary account, was
the most curious melange,
"since the time of the Ark." The
wife of one diplomat found
herself dancing in the same
quadrille with her gardwier.
Although the nation was
troubled bv the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln's second
inaugural gala got out of hand.
Hundreds stampeded the banquet
hall, fighting for places at
the refreshment table. Other
unruly guests cut souvenirs
from brocaded window draperies
and delicate lace curtains.
In sharp contrast. Rutherford
B. Hayes had perhaps the
quietest Washington inaugural
?of them all. He was sworn into
office during a private dinner
party given by outgoing president
IJIvsses S. Grant.
Hayes had lost the popular
vote but won the election by a
single electoral vote. In view of
the controversy that developed.
and the fact that
Inauguration Day in 1877 fell on
a Sunday, it was arranged for
the oath to be administered
quickly and privately. Not even
the dinner guests knew what
was happening.
Art Classes Being Offered At
Art Studio On Front Street
It's not too late to join the
Warrenton Arts Commission's
classes for adults, children and
teens. The teens meet on
Monday's from 3:00 to 4:15 and
the adults meet on that day
from 7 to 8 p. m. Adult classes
are on off-the-loom weaving.
They explore weaving techniques
by making first a
sampler and then a large project
such as shawls, wall hangings.
pillows, placemats and
many other interesting items.
On Tuesday's adult painting
classes are held from 10 to
noon, these classes explore
techniques and skills in oil and
acrylic painting. The class is
painting landscapes and still
life.
Children have classes on
Wednesdays from 2:30 to 4:15.
These classes are offered to
Firemen Fight
Early Week Blazes
The Warrenton Rural Volunteer
Fire Department responded
to two fire calls during the
week.
Four men and a truck
responded to a truck fire at
Grove Hill on Thursday of last
week. The truck had been put
nut on arrival of the firemen.
Owner of the truck was a Mr.
Richardson.
Nine men and a truck
•esponded to a chimney fire at
:he home of Nathaniel Green on
Monday afternoon. Fire had
>een extinguished upon arrival
>f the firemen.
Members of the AftonSlberon
Fire Department were
■ailed out twice Monday for a
>air of fires which caused little
iamage to homes of two Rt. 2,
Warrenton residents.
A call to the Cora Lee Sims
■esidence was received at 6:30
i. m. when a pan of grease
aught fire atop a stove. Chief
Sugene Mustian said that
lamages were slight.
Later in the day. at 3:90 p.
n„ firemen were called to the
iathmniel Green home where a
himney was reported afire. No
■mage was reported.
the community by the Warrenton
Arts Commission as a free
service to the community. The
classes are taught by the
artist-in residence. Susan Simmons,
at the Art Studio on
Front Street behind the courthouse.
Anyone may attend
regardless of previous training
or art skills or age.
The Warrenton Arts Commission
sponsored a reception
for January exhibits and artists
on Sunday from 3 to 5 at the
Town Hall. Maggie Hayes, a
resident of Norlina. exhibited
paintings of the area and Joe
Wohlmuth of Raleigh has
photographs and maps of Main
Street on exhibit.
The exhibits will be open at
the Town Hall during the
month of January,
Approximately 60 people
attended Sunday's reception.
Girl Scout Cookie
Drive To Begin
Warren County Girl Scouts
will conduct their annual sale of
cookies this month and next,
according to Warren County
Cookie Co-Chairmen, Mrs.
Loraine Kraemer and Mrs.
Annie Alston.
Since 1934 nearly half of all
income needed by Girl Scouts
has been derived from the sale
of Girl Scout cookies.
Scouts will be taking orders
From January 28 through
February 14 for six varieties of
cookies.
Proceeds of the sale are used
For on going program and
services, to purchase equipment
and to maintain and
develop girl Scout property,
rroops receive a bonus for each
box sold to help finance their
iwn programs and community
jrojects. Attorney General
Ftufus Edmisten is serving as
chairman of the cookie sale in
;he 20-county Pines of Carolina
3irl Scout Council.
Warren County has 62
Srownies and 77 Juniors in its
our troops. Some 24 adults are
engaged in volunteer work with
he Girl Scout program in
iVarren County.
The Warren Record, Warrenton, North Carolina, Thursday, January 20, 1977 — Page 9
Warren, Area Deaths And Funerals
MRS. NANCY B.
HENDERSON
LAURICE HENDERSON
LATROYA MARIE
HENDERSON
Funeral services for Mrs.
Nancy Brown Henderson. 25,
and her daughters, Laurice, 5
and Latroya. 7 months, who
were killed in Macon on
January 12, were held on
Sunday at the Pleasant Hill
Baptist Church in Macon at 1 p.
m. The Rev. William Burgess
officiated, assisted by the Rev.
Fredrick Mangum. Burial was
in the church cemetery.
The three were killed in a
car-train accident in Macon.
Mrs. Henderson was the
daughter of Mrs. Rose Long
Brown and the late Isiaah
Brown and was raised by Mr.
and Mrs. Herman Brown of the
Oakville community. She attended
the North Warren High
School.
Survivors of Mrs. Henderson
are her husband, Maurice
Henderson, of Washington, D.
C.: her mother by birth and her
^ FIRE
SAFETY Tipftd
From The Hartford
Have A Home
Fire Drill Frequently
parents; a foster sister, Mrs.
Ida Brown Brorkmon of
Detroit. Mich., a parental
jjrandmother, Mrs. Sallie Lon|?
of New York.
Laurice Henderson was born
in Washington, D. C., on
September 11, 1971, and
Latroya was born in Washington,
D. C., on May 27. 1976.
They are survived by their
father, Maurice Henderson, and
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Herman Brown, Mrs. Rosa M.
Brown and Mrs. Cleo Jefferson,
Lenwood Jefferson, Mrs. Sallie
Long, Mrs. Melvinia Brown
and Mrs. Annie B. Henderson.
Pallbearers were James H.
Brown. Eddie Reid, Earl
Williams. Rickey Reid, Michael
Mason. Donald Brown, Alvin
Williams, John C. Palmer.
Samuel Henderson, Calvin
Russell, Jack Reid. Samuel
Alston. Maurice Brown James
Solomon. Hermon Boyd, Jerry
Henderson. Tommie Brown.
Vermel Rovd, Larry Alston,
Joseph L. Sawyer, and Calvin
Bovd.
MABEL B. JOHNSON
Funeral services for Mrs.
Mabel Brown Johnson, 79. of
Vauifhan who died Monday,
were conducted from the
Vauirhan Baptist Church at 2:30
p. m. on Wednesday. Burial
was in Sunset Hill Cemetery at
Littleton.
Mrs. Johnson is survived bv
two stepdaughters. Mrs. Edna
J. Scarborough and Mrs.
McGartha Holmes of Raleigh;
three sisters. Mrs. Ridley
Brown of Louisburi;. Mrs. Mary
Ranhorn of Roanoke Rapids
and Mrs. Margaret Moore of
Littleton: two brothers. L. D.
Brown of Raleigh and Beverly
D. Brown of Littleton; two
grandchildren, and three greatgrandchildren.
MRS. BERTIE H. CLARK
Funeral services for Mrs.
Bertie Hedgepeth Clark. 61, a
resident of Raleigh who died
Saturday in N. C. Memorial
Hospital in Chapel Hill, were
held at 2 p. m. Monday at the G.
T. Eakes Funeral Chapel in
Oxford. Burial was in Elmwood
Cemetery.
Mrs. Clark was a long-time
resident of Warren County, and
had been an owr.it of the
Warren Plaza Motel and
Restauvrant on Highway 158
between Warren and Macon.
Restaurant on Highway 158
between Warrenton and Macon.
Surviving are two sons,
Steve of Raleigh and Larry of
Louisburg: two daughters,
Mrs. Rrenda C. Wilson of Eden
and Mrs. Ellen C. Upchurch of
Raleigh; a step daughter,
Mrs. Barbara C. Kohlman of
Newport News, Va.; her
mother. Mrs. L. A. Hedgepeth
of Oxford: two brothers,
Donald Hedirepeth of Hampton,
Va.. and Alton Hedgepeth of
Williamshure. Va.: five sisters,
Miss Rachel Hedeepeth of
Raleitrh. Mrs. Rehie Hancock
and Mrs. Tempie Broil, both of
Oxford. Mrs. Reaufort Stainbark
of Durham and Mrs. Effie
Bennett of Greensboro: and
eieht grandchildren.
WILLIE E. JIGGETTS
Funeral services for Willie
Edward Jiggetts, 15, who was
killed in an automobile accident
on Jan. 12, were held At
Roanoke Chapel Christia
Church in Palmer Springs. Va
on Sunday, Jan. 16 at 3 p. nr
with the Rev. William Burgess
officiating. Burial was in th
church cemetery.
Jiggetts was the son of Mrs
Clara Lee Jiggetts Hargrovi
and an eighth grade student a
North Warren School.
Survivors include his mothei
and stepfather; two sisters
Misses Adlene and Shirlej
Jiggetts of Macon; foui
brothers. Richard Lee. Jr.
Charles Edward. Thomas and
Michael Hargrove, all of Macon;
his maternal grandparents, Mr
and Mrs. Kenneth Jiggetts ol
Macon; and his great grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Haskin of Palmer Springs, Va.
Pallbearers were James
Milam. William Jiggetts, Ern
est Alston. Charles* Hargrove.
James Burton and Mark Harris.
JOHN WESLEY YOUNG. SR.
HENDERSON-John Wesley
Young. Sr., 56, died in Los
Angeles, Calif., on Jan. 12
following a brief illness. A
Vance county native, he was
the son of the late Elder Ixjuis
Young and Mrs. Marv P.
Young.
Funeral services were con
ducted Wednesday at 1 p. m.
from Young's Memorial Holy
Church in Greystone with the
Rev. Charlie Bullock officiating,
assisted by the Rev. Arthur
Poole. Burial was in the church
cemetery.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Sadie M. Young: three
daughters, Mrs. Marv Y.
Jordan. Mrs. Hazel Y. Griffin
and Mrs. Ludella Y. Gilchrist:
, two sons, John W. Young, Jr..
, and Randolph W. Young, all of
Los Angeles, Calif.; two sisters,
Mrs. Loudella Y. Taylor of
j Henderson and the Rev. Mrs.
Elizabeth Y. Hawkins of
Washington. D. C.; five
[ brothers, Louis Young. Jr.,
Cornelius Young, James E.
Young, all of Ix>s Angeles,
Calif., the Rev. Tyler Young of
Henderson and Woodrow
Young of Brooklyn, N. Y., and
eight grandchildren.
MRS. SUSIE L.H.KING
Funeral services for Mrs.
Susie Louise Hicks King. 61.
were conducted at 2 p. m.
Tuesday from Blaylock Funeral
Chapel by the Rev. Robert
Rogers. Burial was in the Wise
Baptist Church cemetery.
Mrs. King died Saturday at
Warren General Hospital after
a long illness.
She is survived by two son-.
John William King of N'orlina
and Sidney King of Los
Angeles; a sister. Mr* Kl!a
Hicks Collins of Warrenlon and
one grandchild.
Pallbearers arc Sidney Bur
ton. William Collins, Roger
Walker. Freddie Hicks. H J.
Hicks, and Freddie Pavnter.
CHARLF.S HOGLE BELCH
Graveside services for
Charles Hople Belch. 52. a
retired Navy veteran, will he
conducted today (Thursday* at
11 a. m. at National Cemetery
in Raleigh.
Surviving are his wife, Inez
Belch; one daughter. Mrs.
Sherry Johnston of Durham
and one son. Michael, of laurel.
Md.: one brother. Gary, of
Watertown. N. Y.